Powers v. Leno

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• maliciously bringing or continuing litigation in order to delay or derail an agreement is an improper interference
• future profits recoverable for tortious interference with prospective business relationship where plaintiff has reasonable expectancy financial benefit
• issue of fact as to whether landowner who appealed zoning decision had ulterior motive of forcing sale of adjacent property
• it is “for the jury to determine whether Leno intentionally interfered with 6 the plaintiffs’ relationship by maliciously bringing of continuing the litigation so as to delay 7 and derail the agreement”
• “The elements of the tort of interference with an advantageous relationship that a plaintiff must prove are ‘(1) a business relationship or contemplated contract of economic benefit; (2) the defendant's knowledge of such relationship; (3
• interference claim based on oral negotiations for purchase of land

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).